On September 5, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officially rescinded the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and implemented
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Rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program: Important Information You Need To Know
On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the rescission of the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) pursuant to President Donald J. Trump’s decision to…
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Efforts to Address Immigration Anxiety
As people digest the possible immigration changes of a new administration in Washington, there is an effort to calm the anxiety.
Today, President Obama issued a statement that is aimed…
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Immigration… One Week After.
It’s hard to write about the immigration consequences of the election in a non-political way. Campaign rhetoric makes millions of immigrants and millions more citizens anxious. The immigrants include people…
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US Supreme Court to Consider Immigration Executive Action, DAPA Challenge
This week, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge to President Obama’s Immigration Executive Action regarding the exercise “prosecutorial discretion” for certain undocumented parents of US citizen children. …
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When Your Employee Tells You that His I-9 Documents are Fake…
What should an employer do? The employee provides facially valid documents and completes Section 1 of the I-9 . Time goes by… one fine day, the employee presents the employer…
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Expanded DACA Applications NOT Accepted: Implementation Delayed
There is bad news for those hoping to avail of expanded DACA eligibility. You may recall that President Obama’s Immigration Accountability Executive Action (IAEA) set the stage for several million …
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The first arrival : DACA expansion
Note added on February 18, 2015: Yesterday, a judge in South Texas issued a preliminary injunction which prevents (at least temporarily) the Immigration Service’s planned implementation of the DACA expansion. …
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USCIS Notice Details Immigration Executive Action Steps
USCIS has issued a notice about the steps that it is taking to implement President Obama’s immigration executive action with regard to deferred action, provisional waivers and …
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President’s Executive Action Only Goes ‘So Far’ to Fix Immigration
President Obama’s recent executive actions relating to immigration have sparked a firestorm from detractors and jubilation from supporters. Known as “Immigration Accountability Executive Action” (IAEA), the Executive Action addresses some…
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